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The soil of the Nile River Valley is best characterized as this.
fertile
In ancient Egypt, those responsible for using hieroglyphics to record important information and maintain records were called this.
scribes
Ideas spread from Egypt to other lands through the buying and selling of goods and services called this.
commerce
Papyrus is this.
A paper made from crushed reeds.
The process Egyptians used to preserve their dead was known as this.
Mummification
The correct order of the social structure of ancient Egypt was this.
Pharaoh, Priests, Scribes, Merchants, Farmers
In order to construct the pyramids, the Egyptians needed to be proficient in engineering and this.
Mathematics
The geography of ancient Egypt included vast desert areas of burning sands known as this.
The Red Land
In order to overcome death, Egyptians believed that they needed to do this.
Preserve their bodies in the afterlife.
Egyptian farmers were able to produce enough food to create a surplus because of this.
They used the silt left over by the flooded Nile and irrigation systems made from Earth to capture and hold water. This soaked the grains and allowed a large amount of wheat to be grown.
There was less land to farm in Kush than in Egypt, so the Kushites were this.
More motivated to trade.
The effect that continued trade with Egypt had on Kush was this.
Egypt's grain surplus encouraged many people to become artisans because of this.
Rulers used the surpluses to buy goods such as cloth, jewelry, and luxury goods.
Egypt conquered most of Kush because of this.
The Egyptians wanted to take the resources from Kush without paying for them. This would allow them to become richer and trade with more kingdoms in the Mediterranean area.
They developed a calendar that linked the seasons and used the star Sirius to predict when the Nile would flood.
The Book of the Dead is a well-known piece of ancient Egyptian literature that details this.
It is a guide to the afterlife for the souls of the dead.
Ancient Egypt was most powerful and prosperous at this time.
During the New Kingdom
The purpose of tomb paintings was this.
Provide the buried person with the objects shown.
Location helped Kush become a powerful kingdom because of this.
It provided a trading link between Africa south of the Sahara and Egypt.
The advantages of establishing Meroe as the new capital of Kush was this.
Meroe was located near iron deposits and trade routes.
Two major Kushite accomplishments were these.
The invention of one of the world's first alphabets.
The development of Africa's first ironworking center.
Two possible consequences of a drought in ancient Egypt were these.
The yield of grain crops would decrease.
Not having enough food would cause people to go hungry.
The significance of the story of Horus and Seth to ancient Egyptians was this.
Hatshepsut changed Egypt during her reign as pharaoh by doing this.
Increased Egypt's wealth by expanding trade.
The functions Egypt's bureaucracy performed for the pharaoh were this.
They collected taxes from farmers.
The bureaucracy distributed surpluses to officials, priests, and merchants.